Voxelab Aquila vs Anycubic Mega S

Hello everyone. I'm finally taking the 3d printing plunge, going with the Voxelab Aquila. I saw it recommended here and did some research on it. It seems to be a pretty capable starter machine and for the price it's hard to beat

Period. This machine is actually underpriced for the quality it outputs. I bought my first 3D printer over a year and a half ago after doing extensive research (as you are most likely doing now) I purchased an i3 Mega. I was very excited to enter into this new area of 3D Printing

I bought this in early 2021, and put 100+ hours of printing, usually in PLA. Let's start with the bad, as that's what everyone wants to know: BAD: Right out of the box, it needs a few upgrades to be reliable and safe (safe, more on that later) 1) Upgrade the Bowden extruder drive gear to an aluminum one. The heat and force on the plastic one breaks quite easily. I tried cobbling the old one together and 3D printing a replacement, but they generally have too much slop to extrude properly

(You should be able to slip an included thin card between the extruder nozzle and platform, meeting only slight resistance.) Under each corner of the platform is a knob, the turning of which raises or lowers that corner. You move the extruder to each corner in turn, slipping the card between nozzle and platform and adjusting the knob if needed, to make sure the alignment is correct. You then repeat the process at least once, re-checking all four corners plus the platform's center